The launch of a new, touch-screen mobile phone helped the company improve performance in the first quarter, but sales still fell by 19 per cent in three months to end of March http://bit.ly/cu18VQ

Peabody Energy’s revised $3.8bn cash offer for Macarthur Coal has succeeded in getting the Australian group to the negotiating table, a move that imperils a rival assets-for-shares proposal being pursued by Hong Kong-based Noble Group http://bit.ly/drTsk4

Written by Our Correspondent PAP Minister without portfolio and NTUC Secretary-General Lim Swee Say has issued a call on his own party and government to “restore” part of employers’ CPF contribution rate to workers in the aftermath of the Singapore economy’s “strong” performance in the first quarter of the year. While the CPF contributions of Singapore workers [...] http://bit.ly/aeJp6X

sports@temasekreview.com Eat your heart out, fellow commoner. Our editorial team tours the globe this week to find the world’s richest athletes and provide you with their stunning earning figures. Data from the Sports Preview website and correct as of the summer of 2009. _________________________________________________________________________________ 100% Statistics, based of the sportsperson’s estimated annual earnings from playing and from endorsements for [...] http://bit.ly/9a9eR8

Reuters, 16 April 2010 Tibetans mourned their dead relatives in the stricken Chinese town of Gyegu today, as the death toll from a strong earthquake earlier this week climbed to 760. Addressing residents of Gyegu in remote and windswept Yushu county high on the Tibetan plateau late yesterday, Premier Wen Jiabao clambered over rubble and pledged continued [...] http://bit.ly/b01vih

MADRID - EUROZONE finance ministers gathered on Friday to seek ways to halt a government debt crisis as Greece asks the European Union and the International Monetary Fund to step up work on a potential multibillion bailout.

The Greek government said on Thursday it would hold 'systematic negotiations' on the standby loan package with other members of Europe's currency union at the two-day meeting in Madrid.

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TOKYO - A US trade agency has launched a probe into Sony Corp's claims that several companies, including two major computer monitor makers in Hong Kong and Taiwan, infringed on its patents for display devices.

The US International Trade Commission will begin an investigation based on a complaint filed by Sony last month against Hong Kong-based TPV Technology Ltd and Taiwan's Innolux Display Corp, a USITC statement dated on Thursday said.

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SINGAPORE: Takeover target Macarthur Coal said that it intends to enter into discussions with US firm Peabody Energy to discuss its latest bid. http://bit.ly/9DmHgI

SINGAPORE : CapitaCommercial Trust (CCT) on Friday reported that its first quarter distribution per unit (DPU) stood at 1.93 cents. http://bit.ly/aZlH62

The launch of a new, touch-screen mobile phone helped the company improve performance in the first quarter, but sales still fell by 19 per cent in three months to end of March http://bit.ly/bI1dqM